A nine-page briefing for foreign water-technology, EPC and operating companies looking at India: where the money is, who buys, how contracts and payment security work, and the rules you must meet to bid.
What is inside
- Where the money is: Jal Jeevan Mission (₹8.69 lakh crore to 2028), AMRUT 2.0, Namami Gange, SBM-Urban 2.0 and the new Urban Challenge Fund, with 2026-27 budgets.
- The treatment gap: sewage generated against treatment capacity, state by state, and why half of city plants miss 2015 norms.
- Desalination and industrial water: Perur, Manori, Nemmeli, Tuticorin and Gujarat, plus zero-liquid-discharge and reuse rules.
- Contracts and buyers: EPC, design-build-operate, the Hybrid Annuity Model and performance contracts, with payment security for each.
- Rules for foreign bidders: local content, the ₹200 crore global tender ceiling, land-border registration and joint-venture terms.
- How others entered: Veolia, IDE, Metito, Xylem, Grundfos and Kurita, and a realistic first 90 days.
Edition: October 2026. About 60 public sources, all listed.
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